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Aidan Finn, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), has been working in IT since 1996. He has worked as a consultant and administrator for the likes of Innofactor Norway, Amdahl DMR, Fujitsu, Barclays and Hypo Real Estate Bank International where he dealt with large and complex IT infrastructures and MicroWarehouse Ltd. where he worked with Microsoft partners in the small/medium business space.

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Top 5 Trends in Azure Hybrid Cloud Management

Last Update: Sep 16, 2022

As you begin to implement your organization’s 2017 tech strategy, here are the top five most interesting things that are going on in the world of Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure that you should consider.

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What is Microsoft Azure?

Last Update: Sep 09, 2022

In this introductory article, Aidan Finn explains what Microsoft Azure is and isn’t, along with key features of the service.

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Improvements to Azure AD Connect, Plus Reasons to Upgrade to Latest Version

Last Update: Aug 17, 2022

Learn what’s new in Azure AD Connect 1.1, plus reasons why you should upgrade to the latest version.

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What is Azure Front Door?

Last Update: Aug 01, 2022

Aidan details another surprise service announcement from Microsoft Ignite, Azure Front Door, answering what this thing is, and dealing with the fear of “version 1.0”.

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Cloud Computing

5 Essentials for Successful Cloud Adoption

Last Update: Jul 07, 2022

In this post, I’ll detail five essential principles for successful cloud adoption. Note that while I am biased towards Microsoft Azure, these essentials are the same for cloud projects targeting Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and so on. Cloud adoption experience I have had the opportunity to work with public and private sector clients…

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – December 2019 Edition

Last Update: Jul 06, 2022

By the time you read this, it will be 2020. I hope you have had a great holiday season and are feeling all relaxed and ready for a new semester of Azure action.

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Hyper-V Virtual Machine Groups

Last Update: Jun 27, 2022

Aidan Finn shows you how to use virtual machine groups on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V to manage a set of virtual machines, including adding support for operational actions on VHDX Sets.

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Designing a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Last Update: Jun 27, 2022

Considering a Hyper-V VM? Learn more about configuring a virtual machine on Hyper-V to run an operating system or service.

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What Are Azure Functions — For IT Pros

Last Update: Jun 06, 2022

Aidan Finn explains how Functions enable serverless code execution in Azure.

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Microsoft Adds BT and Verizon As Azure ExpressRoute Partners

Last Update: Apr 21, 2022

Learn more about Microsoft’s plans to introduce a new WAN solution to connect on-premise clouds, as well as the company’s new partnerships with BT and Verizon.

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